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Offline kirk_m

Re: What would it take to be able to boot from >4BG devices
« on: September 18, 2017, 02:24:20 PM »
Quote from: Thomas;830764
No, that's not true. The file system can be stored in the RDB area of the harddisk, so it can easily be upgraded without hardware change.


Thomas,

Can you explain what storing it in the RDB means?  I know what the RDB is, but, how do you store the filesystem there?  I have heard this said many times, "install the FS on the RDB," but, I had, I guess, always assumed that when partitioning the drive, it was doing as such.  Please give instruction on how to do this on both 3.1 and 3.9.

Thank you very much,

Kirk
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Offline kirk_m

Re: What would it take to be able to boot from >4BG devices
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2017, 05:06:03 PM »
Quote from: Thomas;830768
In HDToolbox, click on Partition Drive, then on Add/Update (in 3.1 HDToolbox you have to activate the "advanced options" checkbox for the Add/Update button to appear).

Then you see a list of file systems in the RDB of this disk. Here you can remove, add new or update existing ones. When you add one you have to enter an identifier (a.k.a. DosType). Do not leave the default, use the one mentioned in the installation instructions of the respective file system.

For more details read the manual of PFS3.

HDToolbox automatically adds FastFileSystem to the disk. If you want to install a third-party file system like PFS3 or SFS, you always have to go through the manual process.


Yes, this is usually how I use PFS on a drive.  I go to advance, add new file system type, select that which I want (usually in the L folder, if I remember right, like PFS-handler or similar), and hit OK.  I suppose, then, I am missing the DOSTYPE part?
-/- A500 & ACA500 & ACA1233n -/- A500 Tower & VAMPiRE II 500+ -/- A2000 & BLiZZARD 2060 -/- A3000 & CYBERSTORM MKII 040 -/- A1200 & BLiZZARD 1230 MK IV -/- A1200 & BLiZZARD 1260 -/- A4000 & 3640 -/-